Thoosa

This article is about the nymph. For the sponge genus, see Thoosa (sponge).

In Greek mythology, Thoosa (/θoʊˈoʊsə/, Greek: Θόωσα, translit. Thóōsa), also spelled Thoösa, was, according to Homer, the sea nymph daughter of the primordial sea god Phorcys, and the mother, by Poseidon, of the Cyclops Polyphemus.

References

• Heubeck, Alfred, J. B. Hainsworth, Stephanie West, A Commentary on Homer's Odyssey: Volume I: Introduction and Books I–VIII, Oxford University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-19-814747-3.
• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.